Learning of Nursing Students who Practiced Psychiatric Home Health Nursing Station in Home Nursing Theory Practicum

Abstract

Purpose: To determine what the nursing students who practiced psychiatric home health care nursing were able to learn.

Methods: Data were from the practice reports of 25 nursing students who practiced at a psychiatric home health care nursing station. Content analysis was performed using text mining.

Results: Nursing students’ learning in psychiatric home health care nursing was in clusters of eight (8): “talk”-“listen,” “effort”-“acknowledge,” “place”-“create,” “home care patients”-“think,” “maintain+able”-“support,” “method”-“suggest,” “mental status”-“worsen”-“prevent.

Conclusion: It is clear that the lessons learned in psychiatric home health care nursing practice are the importance of building trusting relationships, support for self-determination, support for daily living, specific methods of support for family members, and relapse prevention. In addition, it is necessary to secure opportunities to learn about multidisciplinary cooperation in the future.